Royal Jordanian Airlines is in the advanced stages of planning the launch of flights between Amman and Belgrade, EX-YU Aviation News has learned at the IATA Annual General Meeting & World Air Transport Summit in New Delhi. The carrier intends to maintain the service up to three times per week, with the Oneworld member recently holding talks with regulators, as well as tour operators in Serbia over the new route. If launched as planned, the service will mark Royal Jordanian Airlines’ return to Belgrade for the first time since the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia. Royal Wings, a former subsidiary of Jordan’s national carrier, operated charter flights to Belgrade in 2008. At the same time, Jat Airways maintained summer charters to Aqaba.
Royal Jordanian has launched a number of new European destinations over the past two years in line with its commercial strategy to expand its route network and attract more inbound tourism to Jordan, as well as make Amman a transfer hub for the Levant region. It plans to expand its network to sixty destinations and increase its fleet to close to forty aircraft as part of its ongoing five-year growth plan. Although Serbian passport holders require a visa to enter Jordan, they can be obtained on arrival and do not require additional paperwork.
Air Serbia, which has been approached over cooperation with Royal Jordanian on the route, planned to commence a four weekly service to Amman in June 2020. At the time, the carrier noted it was looking to benefit from growing interest in the region for city breaks in Amman and tour groups heading to the Jordanian coast. Due to the pandemic, flights never materialised. Although it was later rescheduled, services were shelved prior to their launch. Royal Jordanian would become the second Oneworld alliance member to serve Belgrade, complementing Qatar Airways.
JU should react and launch AMM before RJ do it.
ReplyDeleteWhy? They will obviously codeshare and JU will get any transfer passengers.
DeleteA codeshare could be mutually beneficial and help feed both networks/
DeleteIt will make this route much more profitable.
DeleteActually with JU's big network in Italy and Germany, these RJ flights could provide a nice feed outside of the Balkans.
DeleteOwn flights are much better than codeshare flights.
DeleteAnd with which aircraft? JU has a manpower and plane shortage, hence why they're focusing on shorter flights and getting codeshare partners in the medium-haul side. Besides, from my experience, Royal Jordanian is a more comfortable short haul airline
DeleteYes, if arrivals match JU waves, which is highly unlikely
DeleteWhile JU is thinking, evaluating, preparing, eying, others are working
DeleteWhy is it highly unlikely?
DeleteYou are very right. JU has opened 40 new routes in 2 years and 7 routes this year alone. How bad are they. Shame sham shame. Some of you people need a true relity check.
DeleteIf they sign code share with JU it will be also in their interest to fit JU schedule.
DeleteYou are unrealistic if you believe they can grow in every year as they did it after pandemic. They slowed down and it was great decision as they need to improve first regional network before going further.
And ets not forget they opened CAN and PVG, soon MIA will be there.
So, just be realistic. It is not that difficult young boy.
Absolutely agree. I don’t see what’s stopping them to add more Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria routes, as they are announcing
DeleteThe only logical here is Romania.
DeleteHungary has no significant airport except BUD, Bratislava too close to Vienna and in Bulgaria they already fly to 2 destinations - Varna and Sofia.
What about Burgas?
DeleteIt is 120 km far from Varna. No point.
DeleteI can see Debrecen, Plovdiv, Burgas(seasonally), Kosice, Bratislava, Iasi, Cluj, Constanta, Craiova, Chisnau, Wroclav, Rzezov
DeleteWell that was unexpected
ReplyDeleteVery nice
ReplyDeleteGreat to see
ReplyDeleteWow, these are great news. It would be great to see their plane in Belgrade.
ReplyDeleteYupp, back in the eighties it was the most beautiful livery here. And if I remember well, for the non-aligned summit of 1989, Royal Jordanian Tristar was piloted to Belgrade by King Hussein himself.
DeleteJAT and Royal Jordanian (Alia RJ at the time) had successful cooperation in the past. Summer season 1989 JAT leased one RJ's Tristar to operate part of its North American flights, to fill in the gap until arrival of the 5th DC-10. Flight crew was Jordanian and cabin crew mixed, Jordanian and Yugoslav. Majority of Tristar operations were to JFK and ORD, which RJ used to operate as well and had maintenance stations and representatives.
DeleteThank you for all the info guys.
DeleteInteresting RJ pics with variety of airplanes landing in BEG - late `80 and one from 1991
https://www.airliners.net/search?airline=47663&country=359
Fantastic pics
DeleteIt’s about time we see more connectivity between the Balkans and the Middle East outside of the Gulf carriers. RJ has a solid product
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DeleteBravo Nikola Tesla airport!
ReplyDeleteBravo Vinci!
DeleteRoyal Jordanian is a great airline!
ReplyDeleteAlways great to see the Oneworld presence growing in Belgrade.
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DeleteJordan is an underrated travel destination for Serbs. Hopefully this route will spark more interest.
ReplyDeleteAmman is a hidden gem!
DeleteNot only Amman. Entire Jordan. Beautiful country, good people, good weather, good food...
DeleteAnonymous09:17 As someone who spent 3 years of my life there, and been there countless time I must say that Amman is far from that, a good one day destination but besides that super dirty, crowded, chaotic, scams everywhere. Basically disorganized and very dirty version of Athens. Other cities and sites can be cool, but just to enter you need 50e for a visa, major destinations are too expensive and-or hard to reach like Petra and the dead sea. I guess Jordan is jus heavily romanticized but in practice its a chaos that you can avoid.
DeleteJordanian visa is free if you enter throgh Aqaba airport
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DeleteHighway between Amman and Petra/Aqaba. Jetbus runing dozens of buses daily including VIP, for 10 JD. Expensive and hard to reach, give me a break, please. About Amman, yes on wet weather it can become poluted, but it's only for few months in winter. And sorry, but either you didn't live long enough there as you claim, or you didn't even try to understand way and philosophy of life in Jordan, one of my favourite countries, and I 've been to +100
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ReplyDeleteIs there any time frame when it might happen? Next summer is far away and this summer is already here...
Well it makes sense to launch in spring 2026.
DeleteNot sure how they plan to compete with Turkish, especially on connections to the Gulf and Asia. Royal Jordanian has a nice product but Turkish dominates this space.
ReplyDeleteProbably with price
DeleteLet's return on old JAT,s days.they served Bagdad,Amman,Damascus,Cairo,Tripoli,Tunis city,Teheran,Dubai,and Kuwait occasionally,also Hagh flights
ReplyDeleteIt was a different time when ties with all those countries were very strong, there were many students from those countries studying in Yugoslavia, there was much less competition and JAT provided good connections to the US and the market in Yugoslavia was over 20 million.
DeleteAll mentioned are necessary for transferring passengers
Delete09.18, you forgot Beirut. And Kuwait was not occasionally, it was scheduled two weekly. Even Kuwait Airways flew to BEG
DeleteAlso Tunisia raise visasa for Serbia about 2 years ago after more them 35 years visa free
Delete^ How is that relevant for today's article? And they introduced it because Serbia introduced visas to Tunisia under EU pressure after 50 years.
DeleteSince good old JAT days, 5 out of these 9 destinations went through war and/or major upheaval, and 2 more are otherwise majorly impacted (Jordan by Palestine and Tehran by sanctions). Very little is like good old days any more
DeleteIt is good that for Serbian citizenes there is a possibility of obtaining Jordanian visa on arrival.
ReplyDeleteIt's very easy. I flew to Amman from BEG in 2022 (with QR of all airlines - they had a very good deal). You don't even go to a special office or anything. There is a guy waiting in the corridor as you walk towards passport control. He has a payment machine with him. You just pay (I can't remember the price but it was not expensive) and he just puts a sticker in your passport. That's it.
DeleteThanks for info.
DeleteMorocco should learn something about it from Jordan.
remind me of Turkish visas Serbian citizens needed to obtain 20 years ago.
DeleteI'm surprised at how small RJ is. JU is actually a bigger airline then them.
ReplyDeleteYes, RJ had 3.7 million passengers in 2024. So smaller than JU.
DeleteWhich aircraft might they use? A320 or E2?
ReplyDeleteA320 for sure.
DeleteAnonymous 09:31, what makes you think it's gonna be A320 "for sure"? Their E2 fleet currently flies all over Europe. BEG would be one of the shorter E2 flights for them.
DeleteThis route will depend on schedule convenience. If the flight from Amman lands in Belgrade at 3AM, forget it…
ReplyDeleteIf they already plan cooperation with JU I am sure they will find good schedule that is convinient for both airlines.
DeleteWhy would it land at 3AM?
DeleteFor transfers
DeleteFor transfers it would make sense to land at around 5AM and depart at 7. Although I don't know what their waves are like in Amman.
DeleteRJ should focus on offering great one-stop options to Africa too. A lot of people overlook the fact that Jordan is well-positioned to serve parts of North and East Africa.
ReplyDeleteThey don't fly to East Africa but they have an extensive network in north Africa.
DeleteNice and unexpected addition.
ReplyDeleteI hope RJ doesn’t just test this for one season. Routes like this need a two to three year run to truly prove themselves.
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DeleteCool for Belgrade
ReplyDeleteRJ has a proper business class which is good
ReplyDeleteCorrect. Full service and perfect, even on shortest flights, AMM to LCA for example. Flew in January
DeleteThey are coming to Sarajevo as well
ReplyDeleteCAI ? Nobody cares....
ReplyDeleteJU cared but something went wrong.
DeleteWhy Egyptair doesn't do anything about BEG is a real question.
Why would Egypt Air feed JU network?
DeleteThey did flights with A-310, B747-200 to Belgrade-Vienna…JAT leased 1011 Royal Jordanian, I’ve seen it at Beg airport.
ReplyDeleteI still remember their L1011-500 Tristars and A310-300s in their awesome livery approaching over Ada Ciganlija in the 80s and very early 90s.
DeleteNice airline with fairly good prices.
ReplyDeleteNice airline, fully agree. Prices are the other story though. Usually very expensive
DeleteWhere do they fly to in Europe?
ReplyDeleteThey launched many routes in the last 2-3 years. They fly to Moscow, Stockholm, Istanbul, Athens, Berlin, Milan, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Zurich, Geneva, Milan, Rome, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Brussels and London.
DeleteNo Eastern Europe at all except SVO?
DeleteNot a bad network but still missing a few major European cities.
Delete@10.56 Nope
DeleteIn that case I really wonder what is the reason BEG to be chosen before WAW, OTP or BUD?
DeleteDon't get me wrong, I hope it will happen, but somehow it isn't logical to me.
Well if it's not logical to you...
Delete@11:23
DeleteYou must have graduated at zama academy...
Same language of "expert".
Because Belgrade has an actually airline that they can make a meaningful codeshare agreement. WAW has but LO will never do it with them.
DeleteAnd also they don't have as much competition in BEG.
DeleteA good alternative for Beirut.
ReplyDeleteHow come? The cities are not even close
DeleteUsually when there is a mess in Beirut people travel to Amman instead.
DeleteHope they would deploy Dreamliner
ReplyDeleteLOL. Good one
DeleteYou made my day 🤣
They are deploying A320-family aircraft to a lot of European destinations, probably it will be the case with Belgrade too. Maybe even the Embraer gets deployed.
Deleteamazing news for BEG, finally a new airlines plus non-European!!!
DeleteSo, this week we learned that 3 north African/Middle East companies are planning BEG route, but JU is still passive. And we can also add SCAT airlines with Astana planning. Demand is clearly here, we just need to be more proactive
ReplyDeleteDobro došao ROYAL Jordanian posle 35 godina u Beograd. !
ReplyDeleteI honestly think this is the way to go for BEG. They need more of these airlines that can generate transfer PAX in cooperation with JU.
ReplyDeleteLove that livery
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